2007-07-06 03:25:32 · 13 answers · asked by Ankita 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Newborn & Baby
- Bright light....Kind of dark inside.
-The doctor stimulates the baby to get him/her breathing...that causes many to cry
- Startle reflex from all the pushing and handling
- It's cold compared to inside mommy
2007-07-06 03:36:13 · answer #1 · answered by kathy_is_a_nurse 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
babies cry when they are born basicly because they can. they have just gone through a lot. and when a baby doesn't cry when its born the Dr usually will do something to make it cry. Thats where the whole"slapping on the bottom" thing comes in because it is very important for the lung development for the baby to get large gasps of air right after they come out of all that fluid.
2007-07-06 03:37:41 · answer #2 · answered by blmbean 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is normal natural reflex.When the baby is inside you it receives its oxygen via the placenta (the afterbirth) not through the lungs.AT birth on crying the baby takes a deep breath in.This expands the lungs so that the baby then takes oxygen in through the lungs.The act of breathing also coats the lining of the lungs with a substance called surfactant which stops the lungs from collapsing again.Lastly another effect of the crying is to alter the baby's direction of blood flow through the heart.The blood now goes to the lungs.When the baby was inside you because it was not breathing air the majority of the blood bypassed the lungs.
2007-07-06 03:40:25 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Can you imagine being pulled out of a warm environment that you had familiarized yourself with since conception. It's that stressful for a baby I'm sure, not to mention I had my son by cesarean and that operating room was freezing if I was cold and had more time to adjust to the temperature while waiting to be ripped open, I can only imagine how my son felt. Also, it's good that they cry because they only have a few seconds to get oxygen to their lungs. Their crying makes it possible for their lungs to clear of that mucous, amniotic fluid and blood that they were exposed to during birth.
2007-07-06 05:16:10 · answer #4 · answered by mombean1 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think birth is a stressful event for babies. It's going from 98.6 degrees to 73 for starters, which can't be comfortable. Next it's being squeezed enough to alter the shape of it's head, which can't feel good. And of course, it suddenly has to start breathing through its lungues, which may have felt like suffocation until it coughs up all the gunk that it has in it.
2007-07-06 03:34:31 · answer #5 · answered by largegrasseatingmonster 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not being able to speak their displeasure in words at being cast into a world of sight, sound and ever so colder than their comfy womb they cry out. Unforetuneately it is the first trick they learn and become well practiced in. To bad God didn't have them developing language skills in the womb while they were growing.
2007-07-06 03:39:57 · answer #6 · answered by Chicken Dude..Vinster 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree with the first answer, but think about it, the baby is gasping in air and was just squished through a very small opening. Don't you think that's something to cry about?
2007-07-06 03:31:48 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You'd cry too if you were pulled out of a nice, warm, comfy spot that you've been living in for past 40 weeks. Heck, I feel that way every morning when I have to get out of bed.
2007-07-06 03:29:41 · answer #8 · answered by BoomerFamily 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is very traumatic for a child during labor, they spent 9months in this warm cocoon and now they are being handled by strange people who don't sound like mommy. Baby is fine, just scared!
Hope that helped
2007-07-06 03:40:55 · answer #9 · answered by Jaime V 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a natural reaction to expunge the liquid from the lungs. The doctors try to make them if they don't.
2007-07-06 03:34:28 · answer #10 · answered by Kenny J 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋